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> Is anybody who identifies strongly with a political party is interested in hearing fair or balanced news?

Yes. Same for conflicting opinions. Since this is HN I'll use a software analogy: I love it when people tell me how bad my idea is because they'll follow that up with theirs. And that's how we all learn.

To put that in real life US politics: we've made politics something you don't talk about because we fear disagreement and thus we slowly drift apart...